id: 299100 accession number: 1931.462.f share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1931.462.f updated: 2021-03-27 12:17:35.673000 Relic of St. Vincent, c. 1045. Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century. Bone, plain weave undyed silk; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1931.462.f title: Relic of St. Vincent title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1045 creation date earliest: 1040 creation date latest: 1050 current location: 106C Medieval Treasury creditline: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust copyright: --- culture: Germany, Lower Saxony?, Romanesque period, 11th century technique: bone, plain weave undyed silk department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Romanesque type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: This bone is a portion of the occipital bone, where the spinal cord connects to the brain. digital description: wall description: This relic is housed in the portable altar commissioned by Countess Gertrude of Brunswick, one of the Guelph Treasure’s earliest and most sumptuous objects. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 95 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n30 Mikolic, Amanda. Worshiping in Place through Art: The Hidden Gems of the Portable Altar of Countess Gertrude. Cleveland Museum of Art The Thinker Blog on Medium. July 16, 2020. page number: url: https://medium.com/cma-thinker/worshiping-in-place-through-art-the-hidden-gems-of-the-portable-altar-of-countess-gertrude-48f9457d9cc5 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.f/1931.462.f_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.f/1931.462.f_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1931.462.f/1931.462.f_full.tif